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Wassim Al M. was arrested at the scene with blood stains on his hands.

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The red thorns dash off her armor, creating scars, gashes, and stains on it.

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They were all from his gentlemen’s club or from various banks, except for one thin, stained envelope with no return address but which bore many colorful postmarks and exotic stamps from distant lands.

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The ink had run; the text, where it survived, was written in enigmatic verse, and the centerfold map was almost completely obscured with smears and blotchy stains.

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There was a small water stain on the ceiling.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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